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US stocks pare losses on eve of Powell report, gold drops

Bloomberg US stocks pared some early losses as markets await an onslaught of central bank news this week. The dollar strengthened to its highest level since mid-June and Treasuries slipped. The S&P 500 Index declined, led lower by materials and utilities stocks, as investors absorb recent profit warnings and stand by for more clues on the path for US monetary …

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$30 billion wiped off India stocks as tax clarity eludes market

Bloomberg It’s an old saw of India’s budget documents — the devil lies in details of the fine print. A higher surcharge on wealthy Indians in the budget has spooked non-resident and overseas funds enough to erase 2.3 trillion rupees ($30 billion) in market value from companies in the S&P BSE Sensex over the past three sessions. The reason: the …

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Fed chief heads to Congress with interest-rate cut in play

Bloomberg Jerome Powell is likely to leave Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts firmly on the table when he appears before Congress this week, even though the latest US jobs report dialed down the urgency to ease borrowing costs. The Fed chairman, who has been hectored for months by President Donald Trump for not cutting rates, will probably repeat language from the …

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